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AP - A Canadian researcher has discovered that a Chinese version of eBay Inc.'s Skype communications software snoops on text chats that contain certain keywords, including "democracy."

Reuters - Skype, eBay Inc's Web communications unit, said on Thursday that TOM Online Inc, majority owners of Skype's Chinese venture TOM-Skype, had been monitoring and storing some of its users' text messages without Skype's knowledge.

Comes With Music comes with indies - and a price Few music business people expect Nokia's unlimited free music giveaway to be repeated - or even last very long. None I've spoken to think so - there simply aren't enough large consumer electronics companies in the world prepared to take such an expensive gamble - and Nokia's richest partners aren't interested in helping out. But it's a radical and interesting offering that merits some serious analysis: certainly, much more than Nokia's other Dad-at-the-Disco attempts to get down with da yoot..

REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Oct. 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Publishers Newswire, an online resource for small publishers, as well as lesser known and first-time book authors, has announced its latest quarterly 'Books to Bookmark' list, for Q3/2008. This list is a round-up of new and interesting books which are often missed due to not originating from 'big name' authors, or major New York book publishing houses.

Through a licensing agreement with Facebook, applications for the big-in-Asia social network will be virtually interchangeable. Will others be on the way? Maybe.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Skype, eBay Inc's Web communications unit, said on Thursday that TOM Online Inc, majority owners of Skype's Chinese venture TOM-Skype, had been monitoring and storing some of its users' text messages without Skype's knowledge.

LONDON (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's top mobile phone maker, launched its free music package on Thursday, issuing a challenge to Apple Inc's dominance of the digital music market.

A bill passed in the Senate Wednesday calls for the Federal Communications Commission to examine technologies that allow for parental control over media content.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Interest in the Beijing Summer Olympics and the start of the football season drove a 26 percent boost in August traffic on U.S. sports websites viewed at work, a unit of Nielsen Co said on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's deal to put some Google Inc ads on its searches may hurt the industry, and warrants monitoring by the U.S. Justice Department even if the agency eventually approves the deal, according to the top lawmaker on the Senate's antitrust panel.